Harrington 2004 Pinot Noir, Sonoma County

Vineyard Notes:
The 2004 Sonoma County is sourced from a hillside vineyard in the cool, southeastern edge of the Petaluma Gap, very close to the town of Penngrove. The wind and fog which funnels in from the Pacific keep the grapes high in acidity and allow slow, even development of complex and dark fruit flavors. The ground at this site is extremely rocky, naturally devigorizing the vines and providing the wine with additional minerality. Indeed, this vineyard is so rocky that certain blocks of the site were descibed by the initial consulting geologists as a 'rock quarry'.

Winemaker Tasting Notes:
This is a big Pinot Noir wine with a deep red-purple hue. Aromatically, the wine exhibits an unique nose of plum, rhubarb and cedar. The wine opens up with a full-bodied attack of dark cherries and cocoa. The mouthfeel is round, intense and generous with a solid acidity and well-integrated tannins. With aeration, the wine develops a lingering finish of dark cola and minerals. Like all Harrington wines, this wine is unfined and unfiltered. Drink now or cellaring will most certainly reward the patient.

Technical Notes:

Appellation:	Sonoma County
Harvest:	September 7, 2004
Bottle Date:	August 2005
Brix:	25.6
Oak/Cooperage:	10 months in Francois Freres, Cadus, 33% new.
Clones:	667, 777, 828 and Swan
Yeast:	Assmanhausen, RC212, Barolo 97, and Native
Alcohol:	15.5%